Canon has announced the Canon 70D, availble for pre-order at Amazon and B&H for $1,199.
On one hand, this camera, with its flip-out LCD, new sensor technology that allows better live-view autofocus, and built-in WiFi, seems to be the heir apparent to the APSC HDSLR throne.
On the other hand, it’s hard not to feel that Canon is updating their DSLR line as slowly as they feel they can get away with.
I like what Mike and Jason had to say on the RC podcast #132—essentially, one has to hope that we’re nearing the end of hoping for accidental improvements to the video capabilities of low-cost stills cameras.
The Canon 70D looks to be the best camera you can buy for DSLR video, and yet it’s impossible to get to excited about it.